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Me and My Motor: Nick and Giles English, founders of Bremont luxury watches

Me and My Motor: Nick and Giles English

Nick and Giles English founded Bremont, maker of precision British-built mechanical watches, in 2002 and sold their first watch in 2007...
Published 19 December 2016
Sunday Times Driving Kicking the Tyres Live on Facebook with John Keeble,

Spandau Ballet's John Keeble hits Driving Live

Rock stars are no strangers to exotic cars but John Keeble, a founding member of and drummer for 1980s chart-topping band Spandau Ballet...
Published 16 December 2016

Me and My Motor: Chris Tarrant

Long before Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? made his face one of the most recognisable on television, Chris Tarrant was the sole resident of an...
Published 13 December 2016
Me and My Motor: Ray Mears, survival expert, would go wild if he lost his Defender

Me and My Motor: Ray Mears, survival expert

Ray Mears is the mild-mannered man of bushcraft, most often found in the wilds, eating from the hedgerows and making fire with sticks...
Published 06 December 2016

Me and My Motor: Nigel Mansell

He might have topped 200mph on the racetrack, but when it comes to driving on public roads, Nigel Mansell insists he’s a good boy...
Published 01 December 2016
Me and My Motor: Tony Robinson, actor and TV presenter

Me and My Motor: Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson knew the days of his beloved Ford Sierra RS Cosworth were numbered when he found it parked on bricks in Bristol...
Published 22 November 2016

Me and My Motor: Michelle Mone

Michelle Mone’s life is an almost Dickensian tale of rags to riches, beginning with a Glasgow tenement and a beaten-up Renault 5 and ending with...
Published 14 November 2016
Me and My Motor: Vittorio Grigolo, the tenor singer who almost made it to F1

Me and My Motor: Vittorio Grigolo, tenor singer

Vittorio Grigolo was just 13 when he sang alongside Luciano Pavarotti, earning himself the nickname “Il Pavarottino”...
Published 07 November 2016
Alan Davies Me and My Motor Sunday Times Driving

Me and My Motor: Alan Davies

Before he became an award-winning stand-up comedian, an actor, the bloke from the Abbey National adverts and a team captain on QI...
Published 31 October 2016
Me and My Motor: Jolyon Palmer, Renault F1 driver

Me and My Motor: Jolyon Palmer, Renault F1 driver

At the age of 16, the Formula One driver Jolyon Palmer crashed his souped-up quad bike into a tree, lost a lot of blood, not to mention a kidney.
Published 24 October 2016
Me and My Motor: Bill Bailey, the musical comedian, is tickled pink by a French fancy

Me and My Motor: Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey has been on the road for more than 30 years. His current Limboland tour is now taking him to Australia and New Zealand...
Published 17 October 2016
Me and My Motor: Christina Nielsen, sports car racing ace

Me and My Motor: Christina Nielsen, racing ace

The naysayers may still snipe about whether women have what it takes to make it in motor sport, but Christina Nielsen is too busy winning...
Published 10 October 2016